muckraker
noun[C]
disapprovinguk/ˈmʌkˌreɪ.kər/us/ˈmʌkˌreɪ.kɚ/aperson,especiallyone in anewsorganization, whotriestofindoutunpleasantinformationaboutpeopleororganizationsinorderto make itpublic:
（尤指新闻机构内）搜集并揭露丑闻的人He made anamefor himself as acelebritymuckraker in thisrelativelyquietlittlecity.在这个相对安静的小城市，他以揭发他人丑闻而出名。
Muckrakers aren'tlikelytodredgesecretsfrom his past.那些专门揭发丑闻的人不太可能从他的过去中挖掘出秘密。
See
muckraking
- He's aprofessionalmuckraker who makes adecentlivinggoing throughrubbish.
- She has areputationas one of journalism's mostthoroughmuckrakers.
- Anopportunisticmuckraker may have comeacrossthedocumentillicitly.
News reporting & the press
- ambulance chaser
- breaking news
- bury the ledeidiom
- citizen journalism
- correspondent
- dispatch
- hot off the pressidiom
- investigative journalism
- investigative journalist
- journalism
- journalist
- journalistic
- photojournalist
- press baron
- press conference
- press gallery
- scoop
- spoiler
- the Associated Press
- the Press Association